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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Brookton Corners, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Brookton Corners and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Brookton Corners:
- 46.549436, -87.455756
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Brookton Corners
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Marquette County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Marquette County
- Since Brookton Corners is near Alger County and also Delta County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Alger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Delta County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Brookton Corners
Curious and Interesting Names Near Brookton Corners ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Birch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Birch is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birch
- Cascade
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cascade is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Eagle Mills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Eagle Mills is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Mills
- Forestville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Freeman Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Freeman Landing is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman Landing
- Frenchtown
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Frenchtown is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frenchtown
- Gordon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Gordon is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
- Green Garden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Green Garden is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Garden
- Harvey
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- National Mine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- National Mine is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for National Mine
- Salisbury
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sands Station
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sands Station is located in Marquette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sands Station
- Sugar Loaf
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
How Far From Brookton Corners to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Brookton Corners to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Brookton Corners and extending to:
- Marquette, which is the Seat of Marquette County, lies just to the East.
- Lansing, which is the State Capital of Michigan, lies 299 miles [481.2 km]<2> to the south southeast (SSE). If you could drive a straight line from Brookton Corners to Lansing, with an average speed<3>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 17 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 12 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 746 miles [1,200.6 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving would take just about two full days, a buggy would take 30 days and walking would take 43 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,951 miles [9,577.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,700 miles [10,782.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,600 miles [7,403 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Brookton Corners) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Brookton Corners to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Brookton Corners. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.5494, Longitude: -87.4558 |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 314.191 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.727 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 306.99 degrees. |
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